Associate Attorney Law

FAMILY LAW ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Hughes Law Group | Trinity / New Port Richey, Florida Most young family lawyers spend their first few years carrying files, not building them. You draft what you're told to draft, you sit second chair on hearings you never argue, and the cases that would actually teach you something go to someone more senior. You will draft pleadings, discovery, and mandatory disclosures, but you will also take depositions, argue motion calendar, and appear at case management conferences and evidentiary hearings, with the level of independence your experience supports. We handle complex matters, including divorces involving closely held businesses and retirement accounts, contested timesharing and relocation cases, and support and alimony disputes that require real financial analysis. Mentorship, Not Supervision You will work directly alongside Allyson Hughes, a Board Certified Marital and Family Law attorney and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a credential Allyson earned by passing a national written exam, sitting for an oral exam before AAML examiners, and being vouched for by judges and peers, one of roughly 100 attorneys in Florida to hold it. In practice, that means the feedback you get on your legal theory, your cross, or your closing comes from someone who has been tested at the highest level the state recognizes for this work, and who wants to pass that on to you. If you are earlier in your career and still building that record, we are willing to invest in training the right person, so do not rule yourself out. You should be ready to carry your own hearings with guidance rather than close supervision, and you should want the kind of feedback that makes you sharper, not just the kind that gets a filing out the door on time. Experience with financial affidavits, tax returns, or business valuation issues is a plus, but honestly, a strong writer with good courtroom instincts and a genuine hunger to grow will do just as well. Production bonus once your billings exceed three times your salary, with no cap ● A billable hour target of 1,500 hours, giving you room to build skill without burning out ● The position is on site, based out of our growing New Port Richey office.